Cypraea mappa dwarf Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 58,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern and clear cream mantle line and spots. Cream/white color base and margins with brown, beige spots and cream, pale yellowish teeth. Has a nick on the anterior columellar terminal ridge. Taken under coral slabs. Palawan Isl. Philippines 2000

Cypraea mappa viridis cf. (Kenyon 1902) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive dark brown pattern, cream clear spots and mantle line. Margins and base dark cream color with beige, brown spots, beige basal blotch, cream/white teeth. Has few slightly irregularities. Nucnucan Isl. North Bohol 2008

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Unusual Pattern! Gem 32,5 mm. Very beautiful. White color on the sides and pale brown, beige soft pattern on the dorsum. Orange color margins and base with white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea leviathan Schilder & Schilder 1937 Gorgeous Heavy! F++/F+++ 57,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale orange and grayish/cream color banded dorsum with cream/white axial lines. Callosus, pale grayish, cream base,  margins and dark lavender teeth. Has slightly irregularities, a healed small bite and few micro defects. Dived at 5-10 m. under rocks. Pearl Harbor Channel, Oahu, Hawaii 1980

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Outstanding Globulus Large! F+++ 46,6 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with soft cream bands. Callosus cream, white color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals marks. Has slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1975

Cypraea stolida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! Gem 26,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive large brown blotches, brown, beige marks and dots. White base and margins with orange, brown marks and pale beige soft small spots. Taken under coral slabs in shallow water. Dived at 10-15 m. in coral rubble. Bohol, Philippines 1970

Cypraea lynx williamsi Melvill 1888 Gorgeous Rare Red Sea Specimen! F+++ 38,1 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color background with large black and small tones of blue, beige densely marks and spots, yellowish mantle line. Cream/white color base and margins with grayish, brown, black spots, deep red aperture with white teeth. Has a healed chip on the anterior columellar terminal. Taken under coral. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Israel 1970

Cypraea pyriformis smithi dwarf Sowerby 1881 Outstanding Rare Western Form! F+++/Gem 22,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale bluish color background with brown, gray blotches, and beige dots. Cream/white margins and base with brown, beige spots and brown columellar teeth. From my personal collection. Intertidal under stones. West Australia 1974

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Unusual Pattern! Gem 33,6 mm. Very beautiful unusual pattern and violet lip. Dorsum cream color background with typical pyrum pattern only on the center of the dorsum the sides has only beige, brown soft marks. Orange, yellow/orange color margins and base with violet lip among the white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea moneta barthelemyi Bernardi 1861 Gorgeous Yellow Hypercallosa! Gem 27,9 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with greenish soft bands. Hyper callosus yellow color margins and base with white teeth. From my personal collection. Kurrimi, North Qld. Australia 1974

Cypraea obvelata Lamarck 1811 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 18 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish color compressed dorsum with bright orange intense ring. Hyper callosus cream/white color margins and base. Has few micro defects. Taken under dead corals at 1 m. Downtown Huahine, Huahine Isl. French Polynesia 2015

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Dark Unusual! F+++/Gem 40,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum  brown, beige, cream unusual dark pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with pale violet lip among the white teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the labial margin almost invisible and few very small sand grains doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea stercoraria cameroonica dwarf Lorenz 2017 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 37 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Bluish and cream color background with attractive brown, black, beige spots and marks. Cream, beige base and margins with brown, black, grayish spots and cream/white teeth. Has few micro defects. Taken under rocks and rocky in shallow water. Bight of Biafra, Douala, Cameroon 2010

Cypraea rabaulensis Schilder 1964 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 23,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale grayish color bands with beige marks. Cream, white base and margins with black spots. Taken in tangle net at 120 m. Olango Isl. Cebu, Philippines 2008

Cypraea petitiana Crosse 1872 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 21 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream, beige and light brown color attractive pattern. Cream, white color callosus margins and base with strong cream/white teeth. Trawled at 30 m. Off N'Deyane, Senegal 1990

Cypraea lamarckii redimita phuketensis (Melvill 1888) Gorgeous Hyper Callosus Superb! Gem 29 mm. Very beautiful flat and inflated exceptional specimen. Yellowish color with cream/white spots, white ring and pale black lines on the terminal. Hyper callosus white, yellow margins and base with yellowish/orange, black, brown, beige marks and spots. Dived at 10-15 m. between mud and sea anemones. Off South East coast of Phuket Isl. Thailand 2000

Cypraea isabellamexicana Stearns 1893 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with cream bands, attractive black densely axial stripes, deep orange terminals and black terminal marks. Margins and base light beige and white color. Dived at 10-12 m. under rocks. Cebaco Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 2000

Cypraea hesitata (Iredale 1916) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 87,3 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and pale beige color background with beige, brown marks and spots. White base and margins with brown, beige spots. Has few slightly irregularities and micro defects. Trawled in deep water. Off Eden, New South Wales, Australia 1980

Cypraea gracilis notata Gill 1858 Gorgeous Uncommon Form! Gem 14,6 mm. Very beautiful,. Bluish color background with beige, brown, gray blotches, marks and dots. Pale yellow and cream color base and margins with brown, black spots and blackish/brown terminals. Taken under coral at 1-3 m. Dhadnah, Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates 2004

Cypraea goodalli (J. E. Gray 1832) Gorgeous Large Superb! Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. White color background with orange/beige, brown marks. White color margins and base. Taken under rocks at low tide. Mahini Isl. Tuamotu, French Polynesia 1995